The eight years before 9/11 had a higher percentage of articles tagged with both Islam and terrorism than the eight years after. This change is not accounted for by an increase in tags of “jihad,” as that tag (or one similar to it) doesn’t exist. On the other hand, in the eight before 9/11, 27% of all articles tagged with Islam were also tagged with terrorism (this is what you see if you only look at the blue and green areas). In the eight years after, that number increased to 43%. All of the usual data quality caveats apply. The data for all of these charts is from the New York Times Article Search API.

The eight years before 9/11 had a higher percentage of articles tagged with both Islam and terrorism than the eight years after. This change is not accounted for by an increase in tags of “jihad,” as that tag (or one similar to it) doesn’t exist.

On the other hand, in the eight before 9/11, 27% of all articles tagged with Islam were also tagged with terrorism (this is what you see if you only look at the blue and green areas). In the eight years after, that number increased to 43%. All of the usual data quality caveats apply.

The data for all of these charts is from the New York Times Article Search API.